Fist time boat owner here. I picked up a 2008 speedster 215 just a week ago with only 70 hrs. Bought it knowing full well about ceramic washer failure, but was not worried as it was a 2008 and should have had metal washers from the factory. Well just my luck it had ceramic washers and they are gone!
I took the boat out yesterday for the first time for about an hour ( before knowing this) and it ran fine other than would not get above 6k RPM. Got home and pulled the supercharger and sure enough both washers were gone.
Anyways after feeling like an idiot, I got over it pulled the motor out and pulled both oil pumps.
In the front pump I found several large pieces of washer and a small amount of small fragments (in the picture it looks like there are lots of tiny fragments, but most is just dirt from my oil catch pan) . Oil pump was damaged but not as bad as many I have seen posted.
PTO oil pump is in similar condition, but in the screen I found a small ball of metal that is not washer. No other fragments of ceramic or metal (big or small) were in the rear oil pump screen / pick up. The ball appears to be aluminum as it is not magnetic. This has me concerned as I'm not sure what it is from it's not like anything else I have ever seen in a failed / failing engine. I was an auto mechanic for 10 years and have seen my fair share of engines coming apart.
The thing that is making me scratch my head is the complete lack of metal ( or ceramic particles in the engine. Both oil screens we're almost spotless other than the large pieces mentioned, oil looks good with no real signs of metal, oil filter has only a few really tiny metal flakes and no other signs of metal anywhere in the engine.
I was really hoping to get away with just cleaning the engine out and replacing the oil pumps but this mystery metal has me wondering if I need to pull the crank bearings.
I took the boat out yesterday for the first time for about an hour ( before knowing this) and it ran fine other than would not get above 6k RPM. Got home and pulled the supercharger and sure enough both washers were gone.
Anyways after feeling like an idiot, I got over it pulled the motor out and pulled both oil pumps.
In the front pump I found several large pieces of washer and a small amount of small fragments (in the picture it looks like there are lots of tiny fragments, but most is just dirt from my oil catch pan) . Oil pump was damaged but not as bad as many I have seen posted.
PTO oil pump is in similar condition, but in the screen I found a small ball of metal that is not washer. No other fragments of ceramic or metal (big or small) were in the rear oil pump screen / pick up. The ball appears to be aluminum as it is not magnetic. This has me concerned as I'm not sure what it is from it's not like anything else I have ever seen in a failed / failing engine. I was an auto mechanic for 10 years and have seen my fair share of engines coming apart.
The thing that is making me scratch my head is the complete lack of metal ( or ceramic particles in the engine. Both oil screens we're almost spotless other than the large pieces mentioned, oil looks good with no real signs of metal, oil filter has only a few really tiny metal flakes and no other signs of metal anywhere in the engine.
I was really hoping to get away with just cleaning the engine out and replacing the oil pumps but this mystery metal has me wondering if I need to pull the crank bearings.
